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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, September 18, 1989

71-Across : Ancient Jewish ascetic

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,559
Across
1
TV sitcom located in Boston : CHEERS
7
Rebecca ___, played by Kirstie Alley : HOWE
11
Mornings: Abbr. : AMS
14
Rue : REGRET
15
Baking chamber : OVEN
16
Ted Danson, to Cliff and Frasier : SAM
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Iroquoian : ONEIDA
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Tom Kite, e.g. : PRO
20
Former Portuguese monetary units : REIS
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Increasing threefold : TREBLING
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___ Perlman as Carla : RHEA
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Spikes a drink : LACES
26
Wide open : AGAPE
30
Playing marbles : AGATES
33
Keepsake : RELIC
34
Richard ___, actor from Pa. : GERE
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Source of a bitter drug : ALOE
39
Of the roof of the mouth : PALATAL
41
Food-store employees : BAGGERS
43
Exclamation of sorrow : ALAS
44
Son of Agrippina the Younger : NERO
46
Poker stakes : ANTES
47
Stagger : TOTTER
49
Lift : RAISE
50
Proprietor : OWNER
53
River to the Elbe : ISER
55
"Hail Sabbath! ... the ___ day": J. Grahame : POORMANS
58
Shelley ___ of 1 Across reruns : LONG
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Also : TOO
62
Selves : EGOS
63
Indolent : OTIOSE
66
McMahon and Asner : EDS
67
New Zealand owl : RURU
68
Goober : PEANUT
69
Stain : DYE
70
Dotted, as with stars : SEME
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Ancient Jewish ascetic : ESSENE
Down
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___-Magnon : CRO
2
Female lobster : HEN
3
"Rome of Hungary" : EGER
4
Lake or canal : ERIE
5
Change course : REDIRECT
6
Cache : STASH
7
One held for ransom : HOSTAGE
8
Beyond : OVER
9
Existed : WERE
10
Authorize : ENABLE
11
Savory jelly : ASPIC
12
French river : MARNE
13
Hazes of a sort : SMOGS
22
Baked flat-noodles dish : LASAGNA
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Young aerie occupant : EAGLET
26
Harp, in Roma : ARPA
27
Pertaining to the earth : GEAL
28
___ breve : ALLA
29
Spanish piece of eight : PIASTER
31
Shaded retreats : ARBORS
32
Hyson or oopak : TEA
36
Indonesian island group : LETI
37
Mine finds : ORES
38
To be: Latin : ESSE
40
Pismire : ANT
42
Executes, in a way : GARROTES
45
Come forth again : REISSUE
48
Abalones : ORMERS
50
Chose : OPTED
51
Bartender on 1 Across : WOODY
52
Part of a springe : NOOSE
54
Run away with a lover : ELOPE
56
Chills and fever : AGUE
57
George Wendt's role on 1 Across : NORM
59
Indian Ocean island : NIAS
60
Departed : GONE
64
Helios : SUN
65
Hot time in Paris : ETE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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